After letting the paint dry, I added a few years of wear and tear to the paint work, I just wet sanded areas that looked like the sun would most likely damage. I will start weathering it with chalks hopefully tomorrow.

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With the wet sanding finished it was time to really put some years on the old girl. I used artist chalks in various rust colors and mixed them together to get the colored affect i was looking for. I used a small grater to grate the chalk into a powder, then I used a small spray bottle to lightly mist the body where I was going to apply the chalk. Using makeup brushes ( I got mine at the dollar store, I knew better than to steal the wife's) I dabbed the chalk on the misted areas of the body with water. It will look like you are applying to much but you can wipe the excess away with a cloth made from an old t-shirt. When I was pleased with the bulk weathering it was time to add the real rust. I used a similar technique to make the real rust spots except this time I used clear fingernail polish and dabbed or brushed the area to be rusted, I then dusted that area with a chalk mixture over the area with the fingernail polish on it and then just tapped the part on the bench to remove any excess chalk. There are a lot of rusting jobs that don't look realistic to me. This one achieved what I wanted.

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